fennlibrary - Websites and Resources

Being an Ally Handout - from "Let's Get Real" curriculum portion of GroundSpark

Pyramid of Alliance

Mathematics in Movies
Biographies of Women Mathematicians

From PBS

DragonflyTV: What’s Nano?
Offline Activity
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Look closely to understand the world of nanotechnology by investigating the macro, micro, nano, and atomic scales.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/dragonflytv/nano.html
Mathline: Meadows or Malls?
Lesson Plan
Grade Range: 9-12
Use matrices and technology to solve equations that determine what the best use of land is for a city.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/4405/preview/

Jazz: Jazz and Math: The Beat Goes On
Lesson Plan
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Enjoy listening to jazz classics while collecting data about beats to learn about ratios, proportions, graphing, and reporting.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/3512/preview/

AdLit.org: Free Writing with Sensory Stimuli
Video
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 Observe how sounds, visual cues, and tactile sensations affect students’ writing about a related topic.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/5805/preview/How Art Made the World: Show and Tell
Lesson Plan
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Make your own hero or villain using collage while learning how storytelling influences our culture.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/3424/preview/

Primary Sources from Pam Berger
World Digital Library
Library of Congress Flickr Pilot
Meet Me at the Corner Virtual Field Trips for Kids
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Geography - sporcle.com
Manzanar National Historic Site
Nazi Invasion of Poland in 1939
Altapedia Online
Civil Rights Movement
Ellis Island - Passenger search plus
History Today
Children of Jihad
Understanding Cultural Identity

From PBS
Washing Away: After the Storms
On-Air | Wednesday, August 25, 10pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Hear from six survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita about the successes and setbacks they’ve experienced since the devastation of their communities, narrated by New Orleans native Patricia Clarkson.

We Choose the Moon - 40th anniversary Apollo 11 Lunar landing, 2009
Lunar and Planetary Institute's MyMoon Site
OLogy Science - American Museum of Natural History
Journey North A Global Study of Wildlife Migration Spring 2010
e.g., Monarch Butterflies, Whooping Cranes, American Robin, Hummingbird, Gray Whale
The National Science Digital Library

From PBS

Nature: Dogs that Changed the World--Rise of the Dog (Part 1)
On-Air | Sunday, September 12, 8pm
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Discover how dogs have changed human society and how we have dramatically effected this descendent of the wolf.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/dogs-that-changed-the-world/introduction/1273/
NOVA: Becoming Human: Last Human Standing
On-Air | Tuesday, September 14, 8pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Explore what enabled modern humans to adapt and survive when other hominids did not.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human-part-3.html

We Can Waste Wise: Recycling Game
Interactive
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
Learn what can be recycled and what can’t and how to be smart with trash.
http://wfsu.org/wcww/

Graphic Novels & Novelists:
Andy Runton - Owly series - first animated short of Owly
Jeff Smith - Bone series
Comics Timeline
Artopia

From PBS

LATIN MUSIC USA
On-Air | Wednesday, September 8, 9pm
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month to the beat of Latin music, from Salsa to Latin Jazz to Reggaetón.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/ART BEAT AT SCHOOL: FAMILY HISTORY THROUGH ART
Lesson Plan
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8 Learn how to tell the stories of your family through photographs instead of words.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/4881/preview/
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
On-Air | Monday, August 23, 10pm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12 Architect Samuel Mockbee created a radical approach to involving the community in architecture with his Rural Studio in one of the poorest parts of Alabama.
http://video.pbs.org/program/1548466406/

Websites and Resources